JFK to ORF flight delays
New York, NY (JFK) Norfolk, VA (ORF) · 290 miles
731 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
85.12%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.38%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
65 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
10 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 4.38% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 30.8 points more punctual than in December — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Only Republic Airways flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from New York to Norfolk keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on JFK to ORF. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in December.
Every airline on JFK to ORF
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 731 | 85.12% | 4.38% | 65 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ORF to JFK Norfolk back to New York 81.75% on time DOther routes from New York
Common questions
Are flights from New York to Norfolk usually delayed?
85.12% of flights on the JFK to ORF route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from New York to Norfolk?
Only Republic Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 731 flights and 85.12% arriving on time.
How often are JFK to ORF flights cancelled?
4.38% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 44 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly New York to Norfolk?
April, when 96.6% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 65.8%.
When JFK to ORF flights are late, how late are they?
About 65 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on JFK to ORF during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →